# Problem modifying admin email

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/probleme-modification-mail-admin/385133
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probleme-modification-mail-admin/385133 "2025-10-09T13:31:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probleme-modification-mail-admin/385133/4 "2025-10-09T15:09:02Z")

</div>

Yes, you can temporary remove admin status from that admin account if there is another admin or you create a new admin account on the server

> [@Does changing admin e-mail address work with the new address?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-changing-admin-e-mail-address-work-with-the-new-address/142498/2):
>
> Yes. This is a security feature to keep someone finding your logged in browser and stealing your admin account. If you have other admin accounts, you can have them remove admin privileges from your account, then you change the address, then they make you an admin again. If you don’t have another admin account, then if you’re self-hosted you can add one with cd /var/discourse ./launcher enter app rake admin:create Note that you won’t be able to use one email address for two accounts, so make…

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/probleme-modification-mail-admin/385133)._